Source: MCTP 3-01C Machine Guns and Machine Gun Gunnery

1. Fundamentals
   1. Classifications of Machine Guns
   2. Light Machine Gun
      1. Medium Machine Gun
      2. Heavy Machine Gun
      3. Automatic Rifles
   3. Types of Machine Gun Operation
      1. Gas Operation
      2. Recoil Operation
      3. Blowback Operation
   4. Characteristics of Machine Gun Fire
      1. Trajectory
      2. Range
      3. Penetration
      4. Burst of Fire
      5. Cone of Fire
      6. Beaten Zone
      7. Danger Space
      8. Dead Space
   5. Classifications of Fire
      1. Ground
      2. Target
      3. Gun
2. Basic Machine Gun Gunnery
   1. Machine Gun Training Philosophy
      1. Cornerstones of Machine Gun Training
      2. Components of Machine Gun Training
   2. Basic Machine Gunner’s Mathematics
      1. Mil - A Unit of Angular Measurement
      2. Angular Measurement of Mils
      3. The Mil Ratio
      4. The WERM Formula
   3. Range Estimation
      1. Estimation of Range Factors
      2. Estimation by Eye
      3. Estimation by Fire
      4. Determination by Laser Range Finder
      5. Determining Range or Lateral Distance by the WERM Formula
      6. Traversing and Elevating
      7. Mounting the Machine Gun on a Tripod
      8. Traversing and Elevating Mechanism Usage
      9. Manipulating the Traversing and Elevating Mechanism
      10. Reading and Recording Traversing and Elevating Data
      11. Using the Micrometer Scale
      12. Measuring Angles and Distances with the Traversing and Elevating Mechanism
      13. Manipulating the Traversing and Elevating Mechanism for Classifications of Fire
      14. Training for Traversing and Elevating Mechanism Manipulation
   4. Methods Of Laying The Gun
      1. Direct Lay
      2. Indirect Lay
      3. Classifications of Positions and Sectors of Fire
      4. Laying on Predetermined Targets
      5. Considerations for Final Protective Fires
      6. Methods of Laying Final Protective Lines
      7. Laying the Gun for a Principal Direction of Fire
      8. Field Expedient Methods of Lay
   5. Fire Control
      1. Chain of Fire Control
      2. Machine Gun Fire Unit
      3. Sectors of Fire
      4. Rates of Fire
      5. Observation and Adjustment of Fire
      6. Fire Commands
      7. Hand and Arm Signals
      8. Alternate Methods of Fire Control
   6. Technique of Fire for Direct Lay
      1. Factors Governing Application of Fire to a Target
      2. Targets
3. Computed Machine Gun Gunnery
   1. Data
      1. Fire Control Tables
      2. Line of Sight and Line of Bore
      3. Angle of Sight
      4. Vertical Interval
      5. Angle of Elevation
      6. Quadrant Elevation
   2. Fire Control Instruments
      1. Laser Range Finders
      2. M1A1/A2 Gunner’s Quadrant
      3. M2 Compass
      4. M16 Plotting Board
   3. Overhead Fire
      1. Rules Governing Overhead Fire
      2. Minimum Clearance
      3. Safety Angle and the Overhead Safety Limit
      4. Gunner’s Rule
      5. Leader’s Rule
      6. Overhead Safety Limit Determination by Compass or Binoculars
      7. Fire Control Tables for Overhead Fire
      8. Quick Reference for Troop Safety Zones
   4. Techniques of Fire by Indirect Lay
   5. Advance Techniques for Indirect Fire
   6. Plot Techniques
   7. Moving Target Gunnery
4. Machine Gun Employment